The Effect If you have ever tried to do a card trick and failed, you know what it is to be embarrassed. The way out of these awkward situations is not immediate, but it is reliable: a surer mastery of technique. This means the proper instruction book, and practice.
In this definitive work on card technique, step-by-step instructions teach you the correct methods for the basic manipulations and the more advanced flourishes, and only then allow you to learn tricks. Offering the most foolproof methods available, Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue explain such basic manipulations as the palm, the shuffle, the lift, the side slip, the pass, the glimpse, the jog, and the reverse. They detail various false deals, crimps, and changes and the most advanced execution needed for forces, fans, and the use of the prearranged deck.
Also presented is a wide variety of tricks including discoveries, self-working tricks, one-handed tricks, stranger cards, and such individually famous tricks as the four aces, the rising cards, and the Zingone spread.
Many of the methods explained were revealed here for the first time, while many previously known tricks are presented in improved versions. In every case the aim is simplicity of technique for the purpose of mystifying an audience, not technique for the sake of technique.
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This book has been around for a while but there is a reason for it. Unlike DVD which will only teach you certain things, this book has a ton. It goes into pretty good detail on a lot of moves and different handlings of the move. There is a lot of stuff in there you might not use but it's good to know. You'll never know when you'll need to use this stuff.
Hi! This is your official PenguinMagic reviewer, B_Magic.
Like Bobo's Coin Magic book, this book is a MUST BUY for anyone pursuing card magic. It's essential, and you should add it to your cart now before I personally head-butt you through your computer screen (j/k, you know that's impossible...or is it???)
This book is a critical tool in learning card magic and can take your magic to a whole other level! I wouldn't say it is "quite" as essential to card magic as Bobo's book is to coin magic, but it's darn-near close. The techniques learned in this book will benefit you for life. There is a reason why this book is a classic and a staple for thousands up thousands of magicians around the world. Buy it, and love it!
B_Magic
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Stranded on a desert island - take this book
by Tim W from Cedar Rapids IA on 04/05/2010 04:41:11
Expert Card Technique by Hugard and Braue is often thought of as the follow up to The Royal Road to Card Magic (RRTCM) however I believe it was actually published several years before. This misnomer is likely because Expert Card Technique (ECT) is more advanced material than RRTCM, while RRTCM is the beginner to intermediate card skills.
Expert Card Technique is a treasure trove of card material. If you are a cardician stranded on a desert island, this might be the book to bring. The book starts with Secret Lifts; providing more detail on the DL than most other texts. The second chapter is false deals, seconds, bottom deals and even the almost mythical middle deal that Dai Vernon spend years searching for.
The third chapter covers the side slip and it's various forms. Chapter four explores the pass including my favorite, the turnover pass. Then comes chapters on palming, false shuffles, false cuts, changes, crimps, peeps, more on the glimpse, and the jog. And that's only through chapter 12!
If you haven't figured out yet, this book touches almost every advanced area of card magic. Finally, you get to the trick section! You'll even learn the Mercury card fold. Believe it or not, there is even 12 self-working card tricks. My favorite tricks so far are the Vernon Psychological Force and the visual change of the Rub-a-dub-dub trick.
Last but not least, there are amazing essays in Part 6 on misdirection and presentation that are worth the price of the book alone.
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nice
by Mark Tirone from New Jersey on 04/04/2010 15:51:11
I usually try to stay away from reviewing classic texts of magic, but this is a MUST. It doesn't matter how long you've been into magic for. You need this book. I think this is the BEST book on card magic. The instruction is WAAAY easier than Royal Road to Card Magic. I feel that royal road is very overrated and this is pretty underrated. The instruction on this book is so much better
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Original and Best!
by Anonymous from Australia on 04/02/2010 12:47:27
There is such an abundance of material in here. Hugard is a genius. Recomended for all level magicians. You can find so many uncommon (and common) yet BRILLIANT sleights in here, e.g the Spectator Peek, where the spectator rifles the pack to select a card "unknown" to the magician. I use this all the time for quick mind reading demonstration
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